August 29, 2013 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation is pleased to announce that a team from the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. has won first prize in the AIAA Foundation’s annual Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition.

Third Prize: “Team CARRL” from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., for their design “Clean Air Rapid Regional Link.” Team members: Robert Barrett, Jeff Brenna, Ben Bitoun, David Diaz, Stephen Fialko, Addison Hern, Michael Hodgson, Michael Steinfeld, and Parker Vascik. Neil Weston and Carl Johnson, faculty advisors. The team will receive an award of $500 from the AIAA Foundation.

For more information about the AIAA Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition, please contact Rachel Andino at 703.264.7577 or rachela@aiaa.org.

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